. Birds of North Carolina . ly white, on the belly; wings and tailbrownish fuscous, the outer webs of the feathers finely edged with rose-red; a small tuft of bristlyfeathers over the nostrils; outer tail-feathers longest. This plumage is acquired at the fiist post- 228 BlKDt5 OF XoRTII Caeolina nuptial molt. Ad. 9.—Very difTorcnt, si>arro\vlikc in appearance; upperparts dark grayishbrown, finely streaked with black; wings and tail dark grayish brown; underparts white, streaked,or with wedge-shaped spots of fuscous. A whitish superciliary line. Im. c?.—Similar to adultfemale. L., ; W.,
. Birds of North Carolina . ly white, on the belly; wings and tailbrownish fuscous, the outer webs of the feathers finely edged with rose-red; a small tuft of bristlyfeathers over the nostrils; outer tail-feathers longest. This plumage is acquired at the fiist post- 228 BlKDt5 OF XoRTII Caeolina nuptial molt. Ad. 9.—Very difTorcnt, si>arro\vlikc in appearance; upperparts dark grayishbrown, finely streaked with black; wings and tail dark grayish brown; underparts white, streaked,or with wedge-shaped spots of fuscous. A whitish superciliary line. Im. c?.—Similar to adultfemale. L., ; W., ; T., ; B., .45. Kcmnrks:—Females antl young males bear a decided resemblance to some sparrows, but therounded bill, tufts of feathers over the nostrils, and forked tail are distinguishing characters.(ChAp.,) Rnn(je in United States.—^Eastern North America, breeding from nortlierii United Statesnorthward. Range in North Carolina.—Whole State in winter, but may possibly breed in tlie Vir,. 178. Piscii. The Purple Finch, so called from the erroneous coloring given it in an early-plate of the species, is an irregular winter visitor in the central jiortion of theState. Cairns recorded it as a spring transient in Buncombe County, giving thefollowing dates of its appearance: February 7, March 5 to May o. Mrs. DonaldWilson reports it as a winter resident at Auilrews, in Cherokee County, nuich far-ther south, giving for it the extreme dates of Novemlier 18 to April 28. In centralNorth Carolina it occurs more or less regularly from the last week of October tothe middle of April, and sometimes a little later, the latest spring date being April30 and the earliest fall date October 27. Still later dates than any of the above areMay 9, 1908, at Highlands, a small flock observed by Sherman and C. S. Rrimley,and May 23, 1885, at Old Fort, a num1)er ol)served by Brewster, who says they wereapparently not breeding, despite the iaicucss of the s
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